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State says its exasperated at the continuing fighting in northern Syria between 2 of its key allies in the region Turkish troops moved across the border last week and quickly drove Islamic state militants from the town of General Bliss but since then theyve concentrated their far on Kurdish groups principally the y p g a key part of the u.s. In its battle against the militants the Pentagon says this is unacceptable its calling on both sides to focus on fighting I ass Turkey is also carried out ...

Although in Syria between 2 of its key allies in the region Turkish troops moved across the border last week and quickly drove Islamic state militants from the town of General Bliss but since then theyve concentrated their far on Kurdish groups principally the y p g a key part of the u.s. In its battle against the militants the Pentagon says this is unacceptable its calling on both sides to focus on fighting I ass so it is also carried out air strikes against Kurdish targets in northern Iraq th...

Its really like for them we had an interesting time with the teachers at the school and actually talking about some of the practical things that cause families a problem so weve had some good conversations with wives with 70 officers and serving pass now and also some of the people who deliver for them on the base I think were all looking forward to get go on to the base having a look at some of the exercises from the wife firing of looking forward to seeing that in action really learning what ...

To the go to during the campaign against Islamic state extremists missed airing only from Portsmouth this week Him place has Defense Secretary Michael Fallon says the Type 45 destroyer and 190 crew will use its radar and missile systems to protect u.s. Ackroyd carriers as they strike at terrorists in Iraq and Syria it will also patrol some of the worlds busiest shipping lanes and I know month mission follows one by sister ship h.m.s. Defender earlier this year during his deployment is just one ...

Turkey has suffered its 1st loss of life in an intensifying campaign in northern Syria a soldier was killed when Kurdish fighters fired on tanks Kurdish media say 3 tanks were destroyed it follows that taking a jobless from Iris militants this week the b.b.c. Sebastian ashes says that victory was just the start of the Turkish operations the Turks had this other agenda which is essentially the Kurds control a large area to the east of the freight is rather what the Turks dont want is for them to...

Welcome to hard talk on the B.B.C. World Service with me Steven Sacco David Knott is a highly respected surgeon who specializes in vascular surgery in some of Londons top hospitals but it is not his professional excellence at home that has won him admiration and the wards around the world that stems from his longstanding commitment to performing his work under the most extraordinary pressure in some of the worlds most dangerous places over 2 decades he saved lives in conflict zones from Bosnia ...

Is going to disrupt some sort of isis planning. it doesnt necessarily stop it, but it interrupts it. another man killed, abdel kotter hakeem. another individual with links to the paris attacks. again, we dont know what the links were, but he was planning external attacks against the west from the homeland in levant. >> and this was also a close call in the strait of hormuz, involving the "uss harry truman," coming very close to an iranian rocket. >> thats right. within 1,500 yards. iranian navy ...

Lets say, unfortunately timed comments about isis being contained. it was notable to me yesterday that dianne feinstein, the ranking democratic member on the senate intelligence committee said in fact the opposite. she said its not contained, its expanding. we have that evidence here. you have them bringing down a passenger jet. these bombs in beirut and these attacks here in paris in the span of just a few days. showing that regional global scope of this organization. it really is i mean theres...

May not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. so we have to talk clearly about what is going on, and deal with it as we would a war. we have so far for example our air power use against isis in the levant has been tiny compared to what we have done in other circumstances. until recently, we were flying eight sorties a day, and whereas in desert storm, we were flying thousands is of sor disa day. and so we have the basically de stroi isis and the caliphate into a small empire. and t...

Dominant isis operating all over the levant and now in north africa as well. of course those refugees you just spoke of, that 11 million that have come from iraq and syria, are being replicated across north africa. southern end of the mediterranean, with people fleeing what is going on, in country what was once called libya. these are totally failed states. this administration committed themselves to policy of responsibility to protect. they have done anything but. and they have left the entire ...